[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[Soothesayer]

Hitler was right about one thing:

nothing ever did save Britain

[CougarGA7]

[CougarGA7]

Couple more items for today:

Colonel-General Franz Halder reports to Hitler that the enemy forces in Russia now number 155 divisions while he only has 134 divisions with 21 reserve divisions. Of the reserves, 9 divisions were designated for operation MARITA, the planned invasion of the Balkans.

Ernest Lawrence meets with Karl Compton to try to instill a sense of urgency in Brigg's Uranium Committee, now part of the NDRC (National Defense Research Council). Lawrence states that he fears that unless the United States begins a serious effort in developing the atomic bomb, the Nazis will beat them to it.

[Larry381]

The Sinking of U-100 and the Death of Schepke

[Chaguito]

Recognizing that yours is a WWII history post, I still couldn’t help but notice that the Bus driver union was on strike and convinced Mayor LaGuardia to withold police protection for possible scabs. Wonder why they wanted him to withold that protection...

Just an extraneous observation